U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leans over to clasp Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s hand on Friday at the end of a news conference at Ankara Palace in Ankara, Turkey. Ankara is the fifth leg of Kerry’s first official overseas trip, a nine-day dash through Europe and the Middle East.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday waded into the controversy over comments by Turkey’s prime minister equating Zionism to a crime against humanity, rebuking the leader of the NATO ally by saying such remarks complicate efforts to find peace in the Middle East.